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KARACHI: Even after the passage of five years, The Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2013 meant to provide relief to victims of domestic violence is lying dormant with no measures being taken for its implementation. The law was passed in ...

RAWALPINDI: A man was taken into custody for allegedly attempting to sexually assault an eight-year-old girl in the neighbourhood of Wah Cantonment, Punjab on Monday. According to the complaint registered with local police by the victim’s father, his daughter had gone to her ...

PESHAWAR:Pregnant, desperate, and poor, Pakistani mother Zameena faced a stark choice: risk her life by having a secret abortion, or risk her life bearing her husband a sixth child. In the end, she opted for the former, one of more ...

The order by the Supreme Court to governments to make the law against the harassment of women in the workplace stronger and to simplify the process of lodging complaints is welcome. We all know that harassment is a commonplace phenomenon ...

Women have not had much of a break ever in this country. Although open sexual harassment in public has diminished, verbal assault and other forms of harassment have persisted. Harassment in the workplace has also continued to thrive, prompting the ...